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PROCEEDINGS OF THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEARS JOM.HH4 '* Copyrighted by /*// The Vermont Historical Society 1915 T TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Portrait of Redfleld Proctor Frontispiece Constitution 5 Officers of the Society, 1914-15 9 Active Members 12 Corresponding Members 23 Honorary Members 23 Proceedings of Meeting Oct. 14, 1913 27 Oct. 20, 1914 30 Jan. 19, 1915 33 Jan. 20, 1915 37 Librarian's Report, 1913 41 1914 44 Treasurer's Report, 1913 53 1914 55 Public Address on Redfield Proctor, Jan. 19, 1915 57 Speech of Redfield Proctor on Cuba 105 Otter Creek in History 125 One Thousand Men 149 Index 277 Unveiling of Daniel P. Thompson Tablet 293 Constitution of the Vermont Historical Society Constitution ARTICLE I. This association shall be called "The Vermont His- torical Society," and shall consist of Active, Correspond- ing, and Honorary Members. ARTICLE n. The object of the Society shall be to discover, collect, and preserve whatever relates to the material, agricultural, industrial, civil, political, literary, ecclesiastical and military history of the State of Vermont. ARTICLE III. The officers of the Society, who shall constitute its Board of Managers, to be elected annually and by ballot, shall be a President, three Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, two Corresponding Secretaries of foreign and domestic correspondence, a Librarian and a Cabinet- Keeper, a Treasurer, and a Curator from each county in this State. ARTICLE IV. There shall be one annual, and occasional meetings of the Society. The annual meeting for the election of of- ficers shall be at Montpelier on Tuesday preceding the third Wednesday of January; the special meetings shall be at such time and place as the Board of Managers shall de- termine. ARTICLE V. All members, (Honorary and Corresponding members excepted), shall pay, on admission, the sum of two dollars, and an additional sum of one dollar annually. 8 THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARTICLE VI. Members shall be elected upon the recommendation of any member of the Society. ARTICLE VII. This Constitution and the By-Laws may be altered or amended at the annual meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, provided notice of the proposed change shall have been given at the next preceding an- nual meeting. Officers and Members OF THE Vermont Historical Society For the Years 1914-1915 OFFICERS OF THE Vermont Historical Society For the Years 1914-1915 President. WILLIAM W. STICKNEY, Ludlow. Vice-presidents. JOSEPH A. DE BOER, Montpelier. THEODORE NEWTON VAIL, Lyndonville. JOHN E. GOODRICH, Burlington. Recording Secretary. FRED A. ROWLAND, Montpelier. Corresponding Secretaries. DORMAN B. E. KENT, Montpelier. WALTER H. CROCKETT, Burlington. Treasurer. HENRY F. FIELD, Rutland. Librarian. DORMAN B. E. KENT, Montpelier. Curators. JOHN M. THOMAS, Addison County. HALL PARK McCULLOUGH, Bennington County. HENRY FAIRBANKS, Caledonia County. JOHN E. GOODRICH, Chittenden County. PORTER H. DALE, Essex County. FRANK L. GREENE, Franklin County. NELSON WILBUR FISK, Grand Isle County. CARROLL S. PAGE, Lamoille County. HALE K. DARLING, Orange County. FREDERICK W. BALDWIN, Orleans County. FRANK C. PARTRIDGE, Rutland County. 12 THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY WALTER H. CROCKETT, Washington County. LYMAN S. HAYES, Windham County. GILBERT A. DAVIS, Windsor County. GUY W. BAILEY, Secretary of State, \ HORACE F. GRAHAM, Auditor of Accounts, V Ex-officio. GEORGE W. WING, State Librarian, ) STANDING COMMITTEES. ON LlBBABY. JOSEPH A. DE BOER, Montpelier. HALL PARK McCULLOUGH, North Bennington. FRANK C. PARTRIDGE, Proctor. ON PBINTING. DORMAN B. E. KENT, Montpelier. FRED A. ROWLAND, Montpelier. WALTER H. CROCKETT, Burlington. ON FINANCE. GILBERT A. DAVIS, Windsor. FRANK C. PARTRIDGE, Proctor. FRED A. ROWLAND, Montpelier. LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ACTIVE MEMBERS. 1 Frank Danford Abbott, 440 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 2 Charles E. Allen Burlington, Vt. 3 Heman W. Allen Burlington, Vt. 4 Martin Fletcher Allen Ferrisburg, Vt. 5 George Pomeroy Anderson, Editorial Rooms, Boston Globe, Boston, Mass. 6 Wilbert Lee Anderson East Berkshire, Vt. 7 Wallace Gale Andrews Montpelier, Vt. 8 Burdett L. Arms University of Texas, Galveston, Texas. 9 Julius Walter Atwood Box 71, Phoenix, Ariz. 10 Warren Robinson Austin St. Albans, Vt. 11 Fred H. Babbitt Rockingham, Vt. ACTIVE MEMBERS 13 12 Guy W. Bailey Essex Junction, Vt. 13 Frederick W. Baldwin Barton, Vt. 14 LeRoy Wilbur Baldwin 8 East 70th St., New York City. 15 Smith S. Ballard Montpelier, Vt. 16 Henry L. Ballou Chester, Vt. 17 Douglas Monroe Barclay Barre, Vt. 18 Millard Barnes Chimney Point, Vt. 19 Elmer Barnum Shoreham, Vt. 20 John Barrett Pan-American Union, Washington, D. C. 21 George Lyman Batchelder Wallingford, Vt. 22 James K. Batchelder Arlington, Vt. 23 Edwin A. Bayley Lexington, Mass. 24 George Beckett Williamstown, Vt. 25 William A. Beebe Proctor, Vt. 26 Charles M. Bennett Montpelier, Vt. 27 Guy Potter Benton Burlington, Vt. 28 Josiah Henry Benton, Jr Ames Bldg., Boston, Mass. 29 Charles E. Billings Hartford, Conn. 30 Arthur Brown Bisbee Montpelier, Vt. 31 Harry Alonzo Black Newport, Vt. 32 Charles M. Blake 1 Btiena Vista St., Roxbury, Mass. 33 Fred Blanchard Montpelier, Vt. 34 George Lawrence Blanchard Montpelier, Vt. 35 Herbert H. Blanchard Springfield, Vt. 36 Pearl Freeman Blodgett Montpelier, Vt. 37 James M. Boutwell Montpelier, Vt 38 Thomas Jefferson Boynton Everett, Mass. 39 Charles H. Bradley P. O. Box 1486, Boston, Mass. 40 Ezra Brainerd Middlebury, Vt. 41 John Bliss Brainerd 419 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. 42 Herbert J. Brean Montpelier, Vt. 43 George Briggs Montpelier, Vt. 44 William A. Briggs .Montpelier, Vt. 45 James W. Brock Montpelier, Vt. 46 Frank Hilliard Brooks St. Johnsbury, Vt. 47 John Vail Brooks Montpelier, Vt. 48 George B. Brown Burlington, Vt. 49 George Washington Brown ..205 Lincoln St., Boston, Mass. 50 Henry T. Brown Ludlow, Vt. 51 Martin A. Brown 131 State St., Boston, Mass. 14 THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 52 Frank M. Bryan Montpelier, Vt. 53 Dan Deming Burditt Pittsford, Vt. 54 Fred Mason Butler Rutland, Vt 55 Franklin George Butterfield Derby, Vt 56 Timothy Edward Byrnes So. Station, Boston, Mass. 57 Edward Augustus Cahoon Roswell, N. M. 58 Timothy Edward Callahan Montpelier, Vt 59 Edward Raymond Campbell Bellows Falls, Vt. 60 Wallace Henry Campbell Rochester, Vt. 61 Henry Otis Carpenter Rutland, Vt 62 Fred Taylor Caswell Derby, Vt 63 Charles A. Catlin 133 Hope St., Providence, R. I. 64 Robert Mayo Catlin Franklin Furnace, N. J. 65 Charles Solomon Caverly Rutland, Vt. 66 Newman Keyes Chaffee Rutland, Vt 67 George Ernest Chalmers Rutland, Vt 68 Edson Joseph Chamberlin, Grand Trunk Railway, , Montreal, Canada. 69 Albert B. Chandler Randolph, Vt 70 John Asa Chedel Stockbridge, Vt. 71 Thomas Charles Cheney Morrisville, Vt. 72 Byron Nathaniel Clark , Burlington, Vt. 73 Edward R. Clark Castleton, Vt. 74 Henry L. Clark Castleton, Vt 75 Henry O. Clark Orange, N. J. 76 Isaiah R. Clark 54 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. 77 Osman Dewey Clark Montpelier, Vt. 78 Percival W. Clement Rutland, Vt 79 James C. Colgate Bennington, Vt. 80 Edward D. Collins Middlebury, Vt 81 Edwin A. Colton Montpelier, Vt 82 Willard C. Colton Montpelier, Vt. 83 John M. Comstock Chelsea, Vt. 84 Carlos Everett Conant Chattanooga, Tenn. 85 David S. Conant Bradford, Vt. 86 Kate Morris Cone Hartford, Vt 87 Edward Cowles Plymouth, Mass. 88 Elmer E. Cowles Weybridge, Vt 89 Walter Hill Crockett Burlington, Vt. 90 Charles Herbert Cross 268 Summer St., Boston, Mass. ACTIVE MEMBERS 15 91 George Henry Cross St. Johnsbury, Vt. 92 Lewis Bartlett Cross Montpelier, Vt. 93 Addison Edward Cudworth So. Londonderry, Vt. 94 Henry T. Cushman No. Bennington, Vt. 95 Robert Cushman 95 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 96 Harry M. Cutler Montpelier, Vt 97 Clarence E. Cutting Concord, Vt. 98 Porter H. Dale Brighton, Vt. 99 Olin Weston Daley White River Junction, Vt. 100 Charles Kimball Darling 879 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 101 Hale Knight Darling Chelsea, Vt. 102 George Davenport East Randolph, Vt. 103 Edward Aaron Davis Bethel, Vt. 104 Gilbert A. Davis Windsor, Vt. 105 Ozora Stearns Davis . 20 No. Ashland Blvd., Chicago, I'll. 106 William Anthony Davison Burlington, Vt. 107 Frank R. Dawley Montpelier, Vt. 108 Edward Harrington Deavitt Montpelier, Vt. 109 Joseph Arend De Boer Montpelier, Vt. 110 Franklin H. Dewart Burlington, Vt. 111 Davis Rich Dewey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. 112 Paul Dillingham Montpelier, Vt. 113 William Paul Dillingham Montpelier, Vt. 114 George M. Dimond 66 Globe Bldg., Boston, Mass. 115 Matt L. Divoll Rockingham, Vt. 116 Charles Downer Sharon, Vt. 117 Alexander Dunnett St. Johnsbury, Vt. 118 Walter A. Dutton Hardwick, Vt. 119 Frank C. Dyer Salisbury, Vt. 120 Ira Holton Edson Montpelier, Vt. 121 William Arba Ellis Northfleld, Vt. 122 Samuel Franklin Emerson Burlington, Vt. 123 James Borden Estee Montpelier, Vt. 124 Edward T. Fairbanks St. Johnsbury, Vt. 125 Henry Fairbanks St. Johnsbury, Vt. 126 Horace M. Farnham Montpelier, Vt. 127 Arthur Daggett Farwell Montpelier, Vt. 128 Henry L. Farwell Montpelier, Vt. 129 Albert Whitman Ferrin Montpelier, Vt. 16 THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 130 Edward Davenport Field Montpelier, Vt. 131 Fred Griswold Field Springfield, Vt. 132 Fred Tarbell Field.. Room 225, State House, Boston, Mass. 133 Henry Francis Field Rutland, Vt. 134 Benjamin Franklin Fifield Montpelier, Vt. 135 Frank Leslie Fish Vergennes, Vt. 136 Nelson Wilbur Fisk Isle La Motte, Vt. 137 Clarke C. Fitts Brattleboro, Vt. 138 Frederick G. Fleetwood Morrisville, Vt. 139 Allen M. Fletcher Cavendish, Vt 140 Ernest Ryland Fletcher Hardwick, Vt. 141 Abram William Foote Middlebury, Vt. 142 Charles Spooner Forbes St. Albans, Vt. 143 Eugene Noble Foss 34 Oliver St., Boston, Mass. 144 Herbert Sidney Foster North Calais, Vt. * 145 Charles L. French Hardwick, Vt. 146 Timothy Prescott Frost.. 1632 Hinman Ave., Evanston, 111. 147 Daniel G. Furman Swanton, Vt. 148 Seth Newton Gage Weathersfield, Vt. 149 Benjamin Gates Montpelier, Vt.